Politics Happens
Grant DuncanThe Politics Happens newsletter examines political events and ideas with independent, balanced analysis that lets you make up your own mind.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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A Grand Coalition: utterly absurd or common sense?
Should National and Labour form the next government together?
Labour is 110 years old; National is 90. The two of them may argue over the dinner table, but isn’t it time they tied the knot?
Labour's greatest enemy: indifference
Where is NZ Labour most vulnerable?
Columnist Verity Johnson put it in a nutshell: “I know I should vote Labour - I just don’t want to”. Arguably New Zealand Labour are wise to keep their powder dry while the National-led coalition gets it...
Trust in universities: how to restore it
Marketing plans won't help; intellectual self-confidence will.
A US survey has shown an increase in the proportion of adults expressing little or no confidence in universities – and I’ll venture that there’s been a similar trend elsewhere....
Should New Zealand help reopen the Strait of Hormuz? What do you think?
On Friday the United States invited New Zealand and others to join an international operation to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Wellington will consider the matter. There are some important conditions that still need to be clarified as New Ze...
Western Civilisation: Part 2
If you missed Part 1, it’s here.
The term “Western Civilisation” sits within the present-day political-economic antagonism as a straw person.
Western Civilisation has been described in historical, cultural and philosophical terms. A stand...
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Political commentator, academic and author, based in central Auckland. Research Associate, Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland. Visiting scholar at City St George's, University of London.
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